Improvement in skeleton corsets



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Letters Patent No. 113,418, dated April 4,1871.

lMPROVEMENT v IN SKELETON CORSETS.

The Schedule referred-tb in these Letters Patent and'making of the same.

I, THOMAS S. GILBERT, of Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new and` useful Skeleton Corset, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects ofthe Intention.

The subject of my invention is an improved skcle` ton corset, and it differs from skeleton corsets heretofore known in the following particulars:

First, it is made up of longitudinal (or vertical) and circumferential tapes,'the latter being arranged at varying distances asnnder, in manner hereinafter more particularly set forth, in order to conform to the natural shape of the body, instead of passing around the same in straight lines, as in skeleton corsets heretofore made.

Second, the vertical or longitudinal tapes are woven with pockets or shirrs, to receive the stiifeners withont seams, and by this means the intersections of the tapes produce no protuberances which are perceptible.

to the wearer.

Descriptionof the Accontutnytng Drawing.

Figure 1 is a front view of the corset. Figure 2 is a section of a longitudinal tape, showing the pockets for the insertion of a stiffening material.

General Description.

ering cach end, as described in my patent above referred to, allowing them to be removed or inserted, as desired, or in any usualand suitable manner.

lhe circumferential tapes B are, as represented in the drawing, of. varying lengths, andthe intermediate ones are Yattached in front and rear, at unequal d/is-` tances apart, to longitudinal vstrips C G of strong fabric, to which are fixed the hooks and eyes,.eyelets for lacing, or other usual appliances for tightening and fastening. Those at top and bottom are attached to the upper and lower bands D D, to which the tapes Aare fastened.

The strips G G D D are preferably made of a doubled thickness of fabric, to receive the ends of the tapes, permitting a smoother' seam'and affording ad dit-ional strength.

The upper circumferential tapes 'B are so attached as'to cur-ve downwardly' at each side from the vertical front and rear centra-l lines7 this downward curve be- `ingproportionately less in those toward the waist, which are horizontal or nearly so. Thosebelow the Waist curve upwardly from said vertical medial lines in proportion to their distance from the waist.

By these arrangements the shape of the corsets is adapted to that of the body when either erect or recilmbent, and readily accommodates itself thereto in any position, the inclined circumferential tapes rising or falling so as to vary the form and area. of the cor` set-section, as required, while' the longitudinal tapes A conform themselves to any changes of the circumferential ones. A

The tapes A and B may be attached to each other by sewing or in any usual and convenient manner, care being taken not to interfere with the free passage of the stiieners through the pockets a.

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I claim as my invention- The skeleton corset herein described, consisting of vertical or longitudinal tapes, woven with shirrs or pockets for the reception of the springs, and circumferential tapes horizontal at the waist, and with the successive tapes above and below the waist diverging more and more from horizontal lines toward the front and back, as represented.

lo the foregoing specification of my improvement in corsets I have set my hand this 23d day of December, 1870.

THOS. S. GILBERT.

Witnesses:

H. G. ELLIOTT, W M. H. BnnnnToN, Jr. 

